intima
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- noun
- /ˈɪntɪmə/
- Specialized
- There are two biological changes erupting out of this formation: (a) small changes in intima and media walls and (b) aggressive changes in the arterial wall leading to stenosis.
- intima thickness
- intima-media
- tunica intima
Examples
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Atherosclerosis is a disorder of the intima, but IMT also incorporates the media in the measurement and thus might distort the relationship with POP levels.
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The intima was examined at the site of spasm in the coronary artery after the spasm was over.
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We have shown that angioscopy itself does not damage the intima.
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Here you see the stress strain response of the intima, here of the media and here of the etuenticia.
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And there are more cells and there's more fat that gets deposited into the into the intima into this region here of the blood vessel.
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You look at this, you do look at this carotid intima thickening of your artery.
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Histological analysis confirmed smooth muscle cell migration from the tunica intima to media on days 3 and 7 in groups E and F.
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A region of interest was placed manually around the intima-media complex, which was evaluated for IMT.
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Total TEQ was positively associated with IMT and inversely associated with the echogenicity of the intima-media complex, but not associated with plaque prevalence.
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The doctor explained that the intima is the innermost layer of the artery, crucial for its function.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word intima comes from the Latin intimus, which means 'inmost'. It is the same root as English interior, so intima is the very inner lining of an artery, vein, or other vessel.